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Health-care act is performing as was intended

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Thursday August 14, 2014 5:00 AM

The dire predictions of impending doom because of Obamacare have proved to be illusory.

The Republicans warned us. Mary Taylor, our lieutenant governor and director of Ohio’s
Department of Insurance, warned us. Sarah Palin warned us. Even
Dispatch editorials warned us. They said the full implementation of the Affordable Care
Act would wreak havoc with health care in this country.

Instead, what happened back in January was that millions of Americans got quality, affordable
health insurance and joined the majority of us who already had good health care. But the critics
didn’t give up. They predicted that in 2015 we would see astronomical premium price increases.

The Friday
Dispatch article “Premium hike might not be steep” is proof that the law is working as
intended.

Rather than the double-digit premium increases we experienced before Obamacare, most Ohioans
will see 1.1 percent to 5.4 percent increases. Some may see a 7.7 percent increase.

No one will see the 88 percent increase that Taylor predicted. There are no death panels and
there is no boogeyman under the bed.